Scientists from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission recently learned that surface regeneration happens a lot quicker on asteroids than on Earth. The team discovered that the Sun’s heat fractures rocks on Bennu in just 10,000 to 100,000 years, a surprise to scientists who thought surface regeneration on asteroids took a few millions of years.
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Source: NASA Goddard Center